China’s rich cultural and traditional history spans thousands of years and
now China is fast becoming a recognized and dominating super economic power,
with its citizens enjoying a high standard of living as the result of economic
and social progress.

However, with great success comes great responsibility, and as a global
citizen, I am truly shocked and appalled to learn about the cruelty and
suffering currently being inflicted upon the helpless companion animals, namely
dogs and cats, of Yulin, killed during the annual Yulin Dog Meat Festival.

This medieval way of treating animals sits at complete odds with how China
has progressed as a society in recent years. This is not about cultural
differences this is about the most basic of ethics and about treating animals
with compassion.

It’s plain to see that the practices carried out at Yulin represent a new
low for China. Those animals we choose to be our working companions, our eyes
when we are blind, our guardians of the family home, to share our food and to be
our best friends for hundreds of years are suffering and are being slaughtered
in the most monstrous of ways.

There are many videos on YouTube to evidence this, although they are not
easy to watch.

Despite how you feel about eating any animal, no living, sentient being
should be abused or tortured for any reason, and no right-minded person can
rationally argue otherwise. Dogs and cats suffer unspeakable horrors at the
hands of farmers, traders and butchers – beaten, torched with fire, boiled
alive, etc. Not all these animals are “farmed” – many are beloved, stolen
pets.

The medieval treatment of companion animals in Yulin provides a cruel
contrast to the slick, sophisticated, modern image that China tries so hard to
portray to the outside world.

Until Yulin and the Chinese government officials begin to legitimately and
aggressively police, enact and enforce the companion animal protection laws as a
first step in ending this shameful industry, I will be protesting for the tens
of thousands of suffering, neglected and abused companion animals living lives
of utter misery and pain unto death throughout Yulin and other cities that
supply these animals to Yulin.

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